Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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